The GeForce RTX 50 series, unveiled at CES 2025 on January 6, 2025, serves as Nvidia's successor to the GeForce 40 series, initially launching with the RTX 5070, 5080, and 5090. Built on the Blackwell architecture (manufactured by TSMC), these GPUs introduce fourth-generation RT cores for ray tracing and fifth-generation Tensor Cores, and are the first consumer graphics cards to feature faster GDDR7 memory from Samsung. While the RTX 5080's $999 price matched its predecessor, CEO Jensen Huang's claim that the $549 RTX 5070 could achieve "RTX 4090 performance" drew criticism for relying on DLSS 4 upscaling rather than raw power. To correct melting issues from the prior 12VHPWR connector on the RTX 4090, the series adopts the revised 12V-2×6 connector, which stops power flow if not fully seated. Notably, the trailer for The Witcher IV was pre-rendered on the new RTX 5090, showcasing the hardware's potential ahead of its announcement.